---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning environmental law."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning environmental law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Indiana SB 274 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT", "DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES", "UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Wolkins", "Eric Bassler", "Jack Sandlin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/988c450f-9424-4e52-9342-6c69d16171ba"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/274"
source_hash: "f2dce249f8fa217c50eb381e2c2ee6744ea1be56f904d848e2af81fe67d480b7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 274 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning environmental law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0274/versions/sb0274.04.enrh)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0274/versions/sb0274.01.intr)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0274/versions/sb0274.02.coms)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0274/versions/sb0274.03.comh)

## Votes

- SB 274 - Bassler - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- SB 274 - Wolkins - 3rd Reading — **90–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Wolkins — primary (person)
- Eric Bassler — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-04** Authored by Senator Bassler
- **2018-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2018-01-25** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 83: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-29** House sponsor: Representative Wolkins
- **2018-01-29** Senator Sandlin added as second author
- **2018-01-30** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 240: yeas 90, nays 3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-28** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-07** Senate conferees appointed: Bassler and Niezgodski
- **2018-03-07** Senate advisors appointed: Sandlin, Stoops, Eckerty and Crane
- **2018-03-08** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** House conferees appointed: Wolkins and Hamilton
- **2018-03-08** House advisors appointed: Aylesworth, Eberhart and Errington
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2018-03-14** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 399: yeas 49, nays 0
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 395: yeas 98, nays 0
- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 166
- **2018-03-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/988c450f-9424-4e52-9342-6c69d16171ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).